Green v. Los Angeles Terminal Railway Co.

Citations

• 6 Cal. Unrep. 953
• 69 P. 694
• 1902 Cal. LEXIS 930

Syllabus

<p>Railroad Crossing—Contributory Negligence.—Deceased, When Within Thirty Feet of the railroad, stopped, looked up the track, and found it clear for a space of eight hundred feet. She then, without again stopping or looking up or down the track, proceeded to cross, and was struck by a train running between twenty-five and thirty miles an hour. Held, that deceased was not guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law.1</p> <p>Railroad Crossing—Contributory Negligence—Appeal.—In an action against a railroad for an accident causing death, a finding that there was no contributory negligence on the part of deceased will not be set aside unless such negligence affirmatively appears as a conclusion of law from the undisputed facts.</p>